Joe Galtosino

Joe Galtosino (1900-1 January 1946) was a corrupt NYPD sergeant from Little Italy. Galtosino was killed by Aldo Trapani on New Year's Eve, 1945 after he attempted to arrest the leadership of the Corleone crime family and rape madame Rosa Morelli.

Biography
Joe Galtosino was born in the Little Italy section of New York City, New York in 1900, the son of Italian immigrant parents. Galtosino grew up to become an NYPD sergeant, and he became known as a corrupt policeman and drunkard. He took orders from Captain Mark McCluskey, and he joined him on the Tattaglia crime family's payroll. He demanded a bribe after Corleone crime family enforcer Aldo Trapani extorted Emilio Brunetti, and he would later nearly beat Trapani at the hospital Vito Corleone and Monk Malone were being treated at, but was forced to leave after Tom Hagen arrived.

Death
On New Year's Eve, 1945, Galtosino and his men raided a party at Rosa Morelli's brothel after Paulie Gatto ratted the guests out; Gatto had been paid by the Tattaglias to arrange for the Corleone leadership to be arrested. Galtosino attacked Trapani before taking Morelli in for questioning, but she managed to resist him, and Trapani chased him to the roof of a nearby building. Trapani threw Galtosino from the roof as the clocks struck midnight, and Rosa gave Trapani a bottle of alcohol to drop off the roof. It landed next to Galtosino's head, making it appear as if Galtosino had drunkenly fallen to his death.